• July 16, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: INVEST Project for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Fisheries Supply Chains

BALI, July 11, 2019 – Under USAID’s INVEST initiative, MDPI has been awarded a project to develop and test an approach that incorporates FinTech solutions and women’s economic empowerment activities alongside the electronic catch documentation and traceability (eCDT) app, Trafiz. The main objectives of this project are to improve the role of women in small-scale…

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  • June 24, 2019

MDPI, Anova, and Harta Samudra Receive Award for Traceability Implementation

JAKARTA, June 18, 2019 – MDPI Foundation, Anova, and Harta Samudra collaborated with Bumble Bee Seafoods and the German-based company SAP logistics to successfully implement blockchain technology for strengthening traceability in supply chains sourcing from small-scale handline fisheries. This implementation is the first in Indonesia and the world for small-scale fisheries. Blane Olson, Director of…

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  • April 23, 2019

FAD Inventory with Tuna Handline Fishermen at Oeba PPI

FADs or Fish Aggregating Devices may be unfamiliar to some people. But, for tuna fishermen around Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, the word rumpon or FADs is familiarly heard almost everyday. FADs are man-made floating objects, designed to encourage fish aggregation at the device and can be either floating or anchored. The materials used can vary,…

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  • April 9, 2019

Public Lecture on Small-Scale Fisheries Issue at Mataram University

MATARAM- Ahmad Riza Baroqi, MDPI co-management officer and Kai García Neefjes, an MDPI Intern, had an opportunity to held a public lecture to 83 Aquaculture students and two lecturers of Mataram University. They talked about small-scale fisheries issues based on their fisheries co-management experiences. During this session, the scenarios of Southern Belize and several sites…

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  • April 9, 2019

Terus Lakukan Pendataan demi Perikanan yang Berkelanjutan

WAPREA- Sore itu, Sabtu 26 Januari 2019, cuaca di sekitar pantai yang ada di Desa Waprea, Buru Utara, Maluku terasa lebih bersahabat. Angin pantai berhembus perlahan dan terasa begitu sejuk. Saya pun tidak menyia-nyiakan kesempatan itu. Saya berdiri di halaman belakang kantor MDPI yang memang langsung menghadap ke pantai. Tampak pula anak-anak Desa Waprea yang…

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